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PCI SIG Releases PCIe 2.0

Posted by kdawson on

symbolset notes that The Register is reporting that PCI SIG has released version 2.0 of the PCI Express base specification: "The new release doubles the signaling rate from 2.5Gbps to 5Gbps. The upshot: a x16 connector can transfer data at up to around 16GBps." The PCI-SIG release also says that the electromechanical specification is due to be released shortly.

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  1. Sigh by Umbral+Blot · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know this is news, and actually relevant to /. (for once), but I find it hard to care. Sure the specification is out, but it will take a long time I suspect to find its way into computers (since the existing version is so entrenched), and even longer for cards to be made that take full advantage of it. Is there something I am missing that will make this new standard magically find its way into computers in the next few months? Do I have to turn in my geek card now?

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    1. Re:Sigh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      It took long enough for the first version of PCIe to start displacing PCMCIA. At least now the slot's the correct size... It might be comparable to going from PS/2 to USB 1.x to USB 2.0.

  2. Nothing beats GPU in the CPU by suv4x4 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It'll be interesting to compare the performance of the built-in GPU unit in the new Fusion AMD processors, and the latest PCIe.

    That said, of course PCIe has more applications than hosting a GPU card.

  3. Who cares! by winchester · · Score: 2, Interesting

    2.5 to 5 Gb is still "only" 250 to 500 MB (roughly). My SGI Octanes could do that 7 years ago! (And still do that regularly, for the record). So what's the fuss?

  4. Re:Yay by jandrese · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The thing about 120FPS is that when someone is quoting you that number, they're talking about the framerate when you're sitting in the entrance room after first booting up the game. In complex environments where you have lots of monsters and particle effects on the screen, that number can quickly drop down into the 30-60 range. While this is still more than playable, if you'd only started at 60 or 45FPS the game would bog down in the difficult sections (and those sections are typically where you need that extra accuracy and quicker response time).

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